Prisons | Chapter 3 Preface
In order to cope with the rapidly rising prison population generated by the get-tough stance on crime adopted during the 1990s, federal and state governments have had to commit an ever growing portion of government resources to building and maintaining new prisons. To ease the strain on already tight state and federal budgets, some criminal justice officials have hired private corporations to run prisons.
Proponents of private prisons contend that private corporations run prisons at a lower cost than the government. According to Charles W. Thomas, director of the Private...
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- Introduction
- Are Prisons Effective?
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How Should Prisons Treat Inmates?
- The Treatment of Inmates: An Overview
- Prisons Should Punish Inmates
- Prisons Should Rehabilitate Inmates
- Inmates Should Not Be Coddled
- Prisoners Should Not Have Access to Weight Training Facilities
- Weight Training Is a Valuable Rehabilitative Tool
- Violent Inmates Should Not Be Placed in Super-Max Prisons
- Should Prisons Be Privatized?
- Should Prisons Use Inmate Labor?
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
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